Satya Nadella new CEO of Microsoft

Microsoft named 46-year-old Satya Nadella as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to replace Steve Ballmer. He’s the third CEO in the company’s history,

Nadella, an Indian Engineer, Business Executive, had been one of a number of candidates that Microsoft is believed to have interviewed for the role. The timing of the CEO announcement is important as it places Nadella in charge ahead of the closure of Microsoft’s Nokia deal and the company’s ongoing reorganization.

He’s been a Microsoft employee for over 20 years and he was Executive Vice President of Microsoft’s Cloud and Enterprise group, responsible for building and running the company’s Computing Platforms, Developer Tools and Cloud Computing Services.

Satya Nadella started his career with Sun Microsystems as a member of its technology staff and joined Microsoft in 1992.